#Station Announcement script - by WA2DCI for AB1AI

# !/bin/bash

. /home/irlp/custom/environment

# Make sure we are user repeater!!!
if [ `/usr/bin/whoami` != "repeater" ] ; then
echo This program must be run as user REPEATER!
exit 1
fi

# Only run if enabled and not active
if [ ! -f "$LOCAL"/enable -o -f "$LOCAL"/active ] ; then
exit 1
fi

# Declare varibles
declare -i TIMER=0

# Set amount of inactivity in seconds
TIME=2

#echo "Checking for inactivity before announcement"
while [ $TIMER -lt $TIME ] ; do

while [ TRUE ] ; do
if $BIN/cosstate ; then
if $BIN/pttstate ; then
break
fi
fi
#echo -en "\rCOS or PTT is active"
# In use cancel announcement
exit 1
#usleep 5000
done

TIMER=$TIMER+1

sleep 1

#edit your wav file here
done
sleep 1
forcekey
play "$CUSTOM"/audio/onthehour.wav
forceunkey


EOF
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Then add this to /home/irlp/custom:

# Entry to run an announcement every hour
00 * * * * (/home/irlp/custom/announce > /dev/null 2>&1)